The Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction short stories of Rhyan Scorpio-Rhys

So, You Want To Date A Prex Girl, Do You?

E-mail. I get e-mail. Tons of email. The two most frequently asked questions are:

Can I get your private number, because I’d like to date you outside of work?

Do you know such-and-such-girl on such-and-such-floor? If so, can you put in a good word for me? I think we’d be great together.

Answer #1: No, because I’m off the market. Despite the fact that the devotion pact I made with my husband dissolved the moment he died, he is still the husband of my heart and I will never take another. I am, however, in a steady relationship with an ex-floor manager here at the prex, the nature of which is none of your business.

Micha isn’t attractive to me… in the same way none of you humans are, not that this is your fault… your race is simply not designed to be alluring to my race. I chose…